Workday Magazine (https://workdaymagazine.org/category/community/page/34/)
With the Republicans launching their convention on the holiday that honors workers, Labor Day takes on new meaning this year. Union-sponsored activities include a \’Take Back Labor Day\’ festival, a parade and a Poor People\’s Commission.
Minnesota unions and union members will be showcased at the new Minnesota AFL-CIO pavilion at the Minnesota State Fair.
The St. Paul Regional Labor Federation will march in the State Fair Parade at 2 p.m. on Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 1, and union members, family and friends are invited to participate.
Starting Friday, union members will staff a labor booth at Game Fair, the region\’s premiere hunting and fishing showcase.
Members of Minneapolis Building & Construction Trades unions, who lost a union brother in the collapse of the I-35W bridge, will join in memorial ceremonies Friday, the one-year anniversary of the disaster.
Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus met Saturday with workers and community leaders to discuss the May 12 immigration raid at the Agriprocessors, Inc., plant. Earlier in the week, a House subcommittee heard testimony about how the raid has split families and the community.
On the opening day of the Republican National Convention, the Service Employees International Union will sponsor a festival on St. Paul\’s Harriet Island to celebrate workers\’ achievements and "promote a New Vision for the 21st Century," organizers said.
The Minneapolis Building and Construction Trades Council has signed on as the sponsor for the official kick-off event for this year\’s Minneapolis Aquatennial — the annual downtown block party this Friday.
A bronze statue of the late Charles Lindberg, Iwo Jima flagraiser and longtime IBEW Local 292 member, will be unveiled July 4 at the Honoring All Veterans Memorial in Richfield.
Progress on the new Interstate 35W bridge will reach a milestone this week, as union workers are expected to attach the last of 120 precast box girders.